About the School
St Vitus Catholic School of Dance offers recreational dance classes in a family-oriented, age-appropriate environment that is intended to foster self-awareness, physical exercise, positive relationships with peers, individual technique and a love of dance. Our classes are catered towards parents and students who want to learn to dance in a safe and family-friendly environment, and our primary goals are to foster community within St Mary’s and to provide opportunities for Catholic youth to participate in the dance hobby.
While the instructor is a professionally trained dance instructor, recognized by the Canadian Dance Teacher’s Association, we are not a competitive dance studio.
Meet our Instructor
Gwendolyn Witecki is a dance instructor certified by the Canadian Dance Teachers’ Association, with stage performance degrees in several disciplines. She has over 25 years of dance experience and 12 years of dance instruction experience, in particular with students between the ages of 4 and 15. She has been passionate about dance since childhood, and has participated in ballet, tap, jazz, and musical theatre. Her dance experience includes both recreational and competitive dance where she, with her team, placed well in many competitions. After transitioning to instruction and choreography, she won two choreography awards in tap dance, and was recognized by parents and studio colleagues alike for her creative and entertaining dance routines. Gwendolyn is also a hobby seamstress with over 10 years of experience sewing dresses, costumes and clothing, and is very well acquainted with the process of designing and sewing costumes for young dancers.